THOMPSON v. GENCARE HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC.

No. 99-2433.

202 F.3d 1072 (2000)

Ronald THOMPSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GENCARE HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided February 14, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Gross and John S. Wallach, St. Louis, MO, for appellant.

Mark G. Arnold, St. Louis, MO, for appellee.

Before BOWMAN and LOKEN, Circuit Judges, and ALSOP, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Linda Thompson was a participant in her employer's health benefits plan administered by Gencare Health Systems, Inc. ("Gencare"). The plan required Gencare to pre-certify as medically necessary and appropriate all medical procedures involving hospitalization or outpatient surgery. When Mrs. Thompson developed breast cancer, Gencare pre-certified, and she completed, a modified radical mastectomy followed by conventional chemotherapy. Regrettably, the cancer...

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